AdvertisementBy HartfordApr 11, 2021 at 10:03 pmHartford — A 3-year-old boy was shot and killed Saturday afternoon in Hartford’s North End, an apparent unintended victim of a drive-by shooting during a frantic day filled with gunfire in the capital city.A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot and another 17-year-old boy injured — just two hours later and less than a mile away — in what police believe was a separate incident as officers scrambled from scene to scene while more gunfire continued to ring out across the neighborhood.AdvertisementThree-year-old Randell Jones died at a hospital...…AdvertisementBy HartfordApr 11, 2021 at 10:03 pmHartford — A 3-year-old boy was shot and killed Saturday afternoon in Hartford’s North End, an apparent unintended victim of a drive-by shooting during a frantic day filled with gunfire in the capital city.A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot and another 17-year-old boy injured — just two hours later and less than a mile away — in what police believe was a separate incident as officers scrambled from scene to scene while more gunfire continued to ring out across the neighborhood.AdvertisementThree-year-old Randell Jones died at a hospital...WW…

AdvertisementBy Hartford CourantFeb 09, 2021 at 11:37 amHartford — A proposal to issue fines against vacant storefronts in Hartford roiled the business community downtown, prompting the city councilman behind the idea to take it off the table.Councilman John Gale said he deserved some of the blame for the swift opposition that formed against his resolution, which would have labeled vacant storefronts as blight. He said he stood by the purpose of the plan, which was to spur landlords downtown to lower their rents or get creative about how they fill street-level, retail spaces that have sat...…AdvertisementBy Hartford CourantFeb 09, 2021 at 11:37 amHartford — A proposal to issue fines against vacant storefronts in Hartford roiled the business community downtown, prompting the city councilman behind the idea to take it off the table.Councilman John Gale said he deserved some of the blame for the swift opposition that formed against his resolution, which would have labeled vacant storefronts as blight. He said he stood by the purpose of the plan, which was to spur landlords downtown to lower their rents or get creative about how they fill street-level, retail spaces that have sat...WW…

AdvertisementBy Hartford CourantDec 03, 2020 at 4:26 pmHartford — The Greater Hartford St. Patrick’s Day Parade will not return until 2022 due to the ongoing pandemic, the event’s sponsor announced Thursday.The parade scheduled for March 31 has been canceled by the Central Connecticut Celtic Cultural Committee. If public health conditions allow it, the committee plans to hold an Irish culture celebration called “Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day” in the fall of 2021.AdvertisementThe 50th Annual Greater Hartford St. Patrick’s Day Parade is scheduled for March 12, 2022.“This decision was not made...…AdvertisementBy Hartford CourantDec 03, 2020 at 4:26 pmHartford — The Greater Hartford St. Patrick’s Day Parade will not return until 2022 due to the ongoing pandemic, the event’s sponsor announced Thursday.The parade scheduled for March 31 has been canceled by the Central Connecticut Celtic Cultural Committee. If public health conditions allow it, the committee plans to hold an Irish culture celebration called “Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day” in the fall of 2021.AdvertisementThe 50th Annual Greater Hartford St. Patrick’s Day Parade is scheduled for March 12, 2022.“This decision was not made...WW…

AdvertisementBy Hartford CourantOct 15, 2020 at 7:30 pmHartford — Weeks of unrelenting gunfire in Hartford are overwhelming the small circle of violence prevention workers who respond at all hours to meet shooting victims in their hospital beds.Larry Johnson spent three hours at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center on Wednesday afternoon working with a victim of violence, only to return at about 10 p.m. that night when two others were wounded. As he was still talking with those victims, Jones watched another man walk into the emergency department bleeding from a gunshot wound to his arm,...…AdvertisementBy Hartford CourantOct 15, 2020 at 7:30 pmHartford — Weeks of unrelenting gunfire in Hartford are overwhelming the small circle of violence prevention workers who respond at all hours to meet shooting victims in their hospital beds.Larry Johnson spent three hours at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center on Wednesday afternoon working with a victim of violence, only to return at about 10 p.m. that night when two others were wounded. As he was still talking with those victims, Jones watched another man walk into the emergency department bleeding from a gunshot wound to his arm,...WW…